Battle of Somme WW1

Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Hauts-de-France region…
Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Hauts-de-France region. It is bordered by Pas-de-Calais and Nord to the north, Aisne to the east, Oise to the south and Seine-Maritime to the southwest. To the northwest, its coastline faces the English Channel and it shares maritime borders with Kent and East Sussex in the United Kingdom. It had a population of 570,559 in 2019.
  • Country: France
  • Region: Hauts-de-France
  • Prefecture: Amiens
  • Subprefectures: Abbeville · Montdidier · Péronne
  • Time zone: UTC+1 (CET)
  • ISO 3166 code: FR-80
  • Department number: 80
Data from: en.wikipedia.org